List of puzzle video games
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This is a partial list of notable puzzle video games, sorted by general category.
Tile matching
Tile-matching video games are a type of puzzle video game where the player manipulates tiles in order to make them disappear according to a matching criterion. There are a great number of variations on this theme.
Falling block puzzles
Puzzle pieces advance into the play area from one or more edges, typically falling into the play area from above. Player must match or arrange individual pieces to achieve the particular objectives defined by each game.
Alien Hive
Baku Baku Animal
Blueprint 3D
Clockwiser
Columns
Dialhex
Dr. Mario
Dream of Pixels
Drop Mania
Faces
Klax
Lumines series
Meteos
Moujiya
Oh My God!
Pac-Attack
Pnickies
Puyo Puyo series
Puzzlejuice
Rampage Puzzle Attack
Suika Game
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Super Swap
Tactic
Tecmo Stackers
Tetris
Trioncube
Uo Poko
Wario's Woods
Welltris
Wordtris
Yoshi
Advancing blocks puzzles
Block-shaped puzzle pieces advance onto the board from one or more edges (i.e. top, bottom, or sides). The player tries to prevent the blocks from reaching the opposite edge of the playing area.
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